Combined lock-face and escutcheon.



H. F. KEIL. COMBINED LOOK PAGE AND ESOUIGHEON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.18, 1905. RENEWED MAB. e, 1009.

Patented June 29, 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

H. P. KEIL.

COMBINED LOOK PAGE AND ESCUTOHEON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.16, 1905. 'RENEWED MAR. 8, 1909.

Patented June 29, 1909.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

H. F. KBIL.

COMBINED LOCK PAGE AND ESGUTCHEON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1905. RENEWED MAR. a, 1909.

Patented June 29,

3 SHEETS-SH UNITED STAT ES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FRANCIS KEIL, OF BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK.

COMBINED LOCK-FACE AND ESGUTCHEON.

Application filed November 16, 1905, Serial No. 287,566. Renewed March 8, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FRANCIS Knit, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Bronxville, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Lock-Face and Escutcheon, of which the following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to locks, and it has for its object to provide a lock the working parts of which may be inserted in a notch in the stile of a door, and which may be adapted to difierent thicknesses of doors, and by which the notch in the stile of the door may be kept closed.

l/Vith this object in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the part of this specification, and in which Figure 1, represents a plan view of the metal blank; Fig. 2, is a similar view of the blank with orifices for screws, latch-bolt, and knob-spindle; Fig. 3, is a plan view of the blank with spindle bearings; Fig. at, is a partial side elevation of a door with a notch cut in the stile; Fig. 5, is a partial side elevation of a thick door with the lock applied thereto; Fig. 6, is a front elevation, and Fig. 7, is a plan view of the same; Fig.

I 8, is a side elevation of a thin door with the lock applied thereto; Fig. 9, is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 10, is a plan view showing one side of the plate screwed down; and Fig. 11, is a similar view showing both sides of the spring frame screwed down in working position.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly to the drawin s A denotes a door of any ordinary or suitab e construction, and a, indicates a notch in the stile of the same.

B is a spring frame, preferably made of sheet metal, and ordinarily consisting of a body portion having flanges Z) at one end, and serving to form a lock-face, and also comprising two relatively long extensions or wings, 6, Z), respectively located at each end of the said body portion, the said wing: serving in use as escutcheon plates.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Serial No. 482,173.

The spring frame forming the combined lock-face and escutcheons is ordinarily first blanked out, as shown in Fig. 1, and apertured, as in Fig. 2, to provide orifices (Z, for screws; D, for the knob spindle f; and D, for the latchbolt c. The spindle bearings C are then preferably attached, as shown in Fig. 3. The blank is then ordinarily formed up, the body B being bent on the lines Z), Z), so as to form a substantially U-shaped part but wider at the open than at the closed end, where right angles are formed at the corners, and an obtuse one at one side by the flanges U, and. the flanges b are preferably bent downward, on the lines, 6 and b, at right angles to the plane of the wing 6, thus extending inwardly which latter is also ordinarily bent outward a little 011 the line Z), as is shown in the drawings. The working parts E of the lock are then secured to the lock-face or body B, and the spindle and knobs F are afterward attached to the resilient frame.

A look made in the above manner is of very simple construction, the parts being completely assembled for purposes of shipment; and the same may be readily applied in position to doors of different thicknesses, the working parts of the lock being inserted in a notch in the stile of the door (which is kept entirely closed) and the escutcheons being screwed fast to the door without requiring the dismemberment of any of the parts of the look.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 7, the lock is shown as applied to a door of practically the same width as the loclcface, the working parts E of the lock being inserted in the notch formed in the stile of the door, and the escutcheon plates Z), Z), being screwed to the sides of the door. This lock is adapted to be placed on doors of varying thicknesses ranging from the width between the escutcheons or wings b, and the inner edges of the flanges Z) and the width between the escutcheons or wings Z) and Z).

In applying the lock to relatively thick doors, recesses a may be cut in the notch a of the door in order to permit the free insertion of the flanges Z) within the said notch, in which case the free end of the escutcheon or wing Z) is bent inwardly so as to lie parallel with the escutcheon or wing Z), as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and the escutcheon plates or wings 6, Z), will lie flat against the sides of the door, the flanges Z) being entered within the side recesses a of the notcha so as to be concealed from view.

In cases where the lock is to be applied to relatively thinner doors, as in Figs. 8 to 11 inclusive, the escutcheon plate 6 is ordinarily first screwed down, as shownin Fig. 10 and afterward the plate Z) is fastened to the door as represented in Fig.- 11, the notch being closed or concealed by the flanges b (the edges of which restagainst the sides of the said door), and-the lock frame or'case lying. snugly against the sides and front edge of the door; It will beobserved tliatthe triangular flanges b are inwardly bent and ex- 1. A: resilient frame consisting of one.

piece of sheet metal to rest against the. sides and front edge of a door, and having flanges extending atright angles from the same,and constructed and arranged; to support. the.

working parts of a lock adapted to be inserted in a notch in the stile of said door, to adaptthe frame to differentthicknesses-of doors and to keep the notch in the door stile closed.

2. A. resilient frame to rest against.- the sides. and frontedge ofa door, andhavi-ng flanges, and. constructed. and arranged to support'the working parts of a lockadapted to be insertedinanotch in the stile of said door, the said frame having spindle, bearings attached thereto and extending transversely outside of: the same, to adapt the .frame to different thicknesses ofdoors and tov keep the not-chin the door stile. closed.-

3. A blank for a combined lock-face and escutcheons, comprising-a yoke-shaped piece consisting of a central body portion having atoneend of the same a pair of flanges and having a relatively long Wing located at each :end of the said body portion.

l. A resilient frame consisting of one sheet of meta-ltorest against the sides and front edge of a door formed with a notch, and having flanges, to adapt the frame to different thicknesses of doors and to. keep the. notch in the door stile closed, the ends .of saidfranie being adapted to serve as a s 133.11? of. escutcheons.

A resilient frame consisting of one.

piece of sheet metal to rest against the sides and front edge of a door, and having triangular-flanges inwardly bent and extending at right angles from the frame, and con-. structed and arranged to support the Working parts of a lock adaptedto be inserted ina not-chin the stile of said door, to adapt the frameto different thicknesses of doors and to keep. the notch in the door stile closed.

6. A resilient frame consisting of one I pieceofjsheet-metaltorest-against the sides and front edge of a door, and havingtriangular flanges inwardly bent and extending at right angles from the frame, the side of the frame. being bent at. the end of the flanges so as to be. in alinemen-t with the inner. edges of the said flanges, the said frame being constructedand arrangedto support the working'parts of a lock adapted to be inserted in anotch in the stile of said door, to adapt the frame to different thicknesses of doors and to. keep the notch in the door stile closed.

In testimony of the foregoing specification Ido hereby sign the same in the. city of New: York county and State of. New. York this 2d day of November, 1905.

HENRY FRANCIS KEIL.

\Vitnesses:

F. A. VURZBACH, WM. J; GRAHAM. 

